Articles
Discover your untapped dry eye potential
Diagnosing and treating DED helps to improve patients’ visual outcomes.
By Zack Tertel, managing editor
Doing more blepharoplasties than usual?
It’s (not) just the economy — apparently, folks want to look good in cyberspace.
By Christine Bahls, executive
Fine tune your dry eye and allergy diagnoses
By Karen Blum, Contributing
From terribly wrong, to on the right track
Any practice’s hiring and firing program needs logical, well-constructed steps. Without them, there will be chaos.
By Steven R. Robinson, FASOA, COE
Going from word of mouth to cyber savvy
How online marketing transformed one ophthalmology practice.
By Naren Arulrajah
Nutrients hold the key to eye health
What you need to know to educate your patients and answer their questions.
By Ruth Frechman, MA, RDN, CPT
OSD: Help is on the way
Clinicians’ hard work is finally yielding more treatment options.
By Robert Murphy
Quick Hits
By Robert Calandra, Contributing
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGY & TECHNIQUE
Advances in assessing the quality of vision
By M.L. Fox, MD, FACS
The solo road less traveled
A bad business-choice, many say, considering changes in the medical world. Others say, it makes all the difference.
By Robert Calandra, Contributing
Viewpoint
The Hippocratic Oath meets the Hudson
When the (ocular surface) going gets tough …
Three cases illustrate the resourcefulness OSD demands of physicians.
By Allister Gibbons, MD, and
150 Years (More or Less) Later
By WILLIAM J. FISHKIND, MD, FACS
Beyond the Meibomian Glands
Bacterial overpopulation can exacerbate MGD, but treatment with Avenova can help.
ASC Quality and Patient Safety — The New Regulatory Horizon
By MICHAEL A. ROMANSKY, JD
Can Avenova Reduce Surgical Infection?
Used on the lid margins before surgery, pure hypochlorous acid has the potential to reduce complications.
Cents and Sensibility: To Update, Renovate or Build a New OASC?
HERE’S HOW ONE GROUP REACHED A DECISION.
By Joseph F. Jalkiewicz, contributing writer
The Bacteria Factor
Understanding and treating excessive bacteria colonization in patients with lid margin disease.
Consider the OOSS Advantage
By KENT JACKSON, PHD, EXECUTIVE
Femtosecond Lasers and the Correction of Astigmatism During Cataract Surgery
Improved precision benefits doctors and patients.
By Susan L. Worley, contributing writer
Is it Time to Add Another OR?
Five experts share the brick-and-mortar foundations of this complex decision.
By ERIN MURPHY, CONTRIBUTING
Laser-assisted Surgery & Medicare Compliance
By RIVA LEE ASBELL
Managing Femtosecond Laser Cataract Complications
Learning curves are to be expected — but with proper preparation, complications can be easily managed.
By Michelle Dalton, ELS
The Telescope Implant May Benefit Your Advanced AMD Patient
By RICHARD HOFFMAN, MD, CPI